Fedotova Yu.G. Current status and development of the participation of citizens and their associations in ensuring national security of the Russian Federation

Abstract: The subject of this article is the attraction of citizens and their associations to participate in provision of national security of the Russian Federation. The author analyzes the nature of the current military threats and dangers, especially their occurrence and distribution in the observed geopolitical situation, as well as specificity of activity of the terrorist organizations in the information space. The work presents the experience of foreign countries in attraction of institutions of civil society towards participation in insurance of the information security of the country, which may be relevant in daily activities or during the electoral period. The article establishes the basic direction in participation of civil society in ensuring the information security of the Russian Federation in the information-psychological sphere, as well as expresses proposals regarding the promising fields in the work of public organizations of patriotic or other social and political orientation. The author reveals the concept, content and forms of e-democracy as the countermeasures for the information threats to the country, as well as gives characteristics to the role of public control in this regard.  

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